Evaluating life-history strategies of reef corals from species traits

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1378-1386

  Darling, Emily S ^a   Alvarez Filip, Lorenzo ^a,b   Oliver, Thomas A ^c   Mcclanahan, Timothy R ^d   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Healthy Reefs   (Belize)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

C S R triangle; Community assembly; Coral reefs; Ecological strategies; Functional diversity; Selection pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84931748967     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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